posted on April 25, 2006 05:49:34 PM
I just did a search on "Remington hunting dog". Eight came up...only FOUR had the word "hunt" or "hunting". The other four had no such word..even in the description.
Has anyone else found this before??
posted on April 25, 2006 06:58:10 PM
I searched Remington Hunting Dog and 8 items showed up. All had Remington in the title. Then I put the search words in quotes and only one auction showed up.
posted on April 25, 2006 07:17:09 PM
I have found that in certain categories, the category name gets included in the title search, even if it is not included in the title. I think this is true of several jewelry categories. Unfortunately, its not included in postcards, so I have to try to fit the word postcard in every title.
posted on April 26, 2006 07:01:39 AM
Add "Search title and description" and you get 81 items...
I agree. eBay Search has been a mess for quite awhile. Must be discouraging for new customers. They come to eBay thinking they'll find "IT", and there just aren't that many "ITS" showing up, unless they've honed their 'Net search skills.
Like most of you, just wish they would leave well-enough alone!
posted on April 26, 2006 02:26:27 PM
I got the same thing with a search I did this morning for Craft Brooch - there were 10 or 15 that didn't have Craft in the title but when I open them - they were listed under something like Craft or Arts & Crafts etc. I think this is a good thing if it works like this all the time. If you want to list a piece of depression glass, that's two words you can eliminate from your title.
